The Yucatan products that have the highest demand according to SAGARPA are watermelon, cucumber, lemon and beef.

Status Hutan[a]

Kawasan Hutan Asli[2]

33,441km²

Kawasan Hutan Saat Ini[10]

25,475km²

Total Area yang terdebris

7,966km²

Total Karbon Hutan

71M MtC

Tingkat Deforestasi[11]

Jenis Vegetasi Utama[12]

Kategori

km²

Dasar surut

6,358

Hutan Sub-deciduous Sekunder

4,024

Secondary Deciduous

2,052

Perrenial Primer

629

Hutan Perennial Sekunder

306

Pengelolaan hutan[13]

Kategori

km²

Ejido

21,972

Kawasan Lindung

6,319

Pengemudi Deforestasi

Yucatán ranks sixth nationally among the states with the most deforestation. In the last 24 years, it has lost approximately 30% of its vegetation cover. According to the information provided by recent studies conducted in the territory, the main causes of deforestation are associated with the growth of agricultural activities, where livestock contributes between 47 and 51% of the loss of plant cover, followed by rainfed agriculture with 33 to 36% and to a lesser extent mechanized agricultural expansion, forest fires, fruit expansion, human settlements, the expansion of road infrastructure, and agro-industry.

The loss of 2,849.5804 km2 of forests from 2005-2013, has had a high cost in ecological terms as well as economic and social profitability.

It is important to highlight that the causes of deforestation do not impact the State equally, since there is a spatial variation between regions as can be observed in the northeast of Yucatan where the predominant productive activity is livestock, compared to the Oriente region where the predominant activity is small-scale commercial agriculture and subsistence agriculture. This differentiation can be attributed to socioeconomic factors that have historically favored the prevalence of certain productive activities.